Folding fan.



H. S. BREWINGTON.

FOLDING FAN. APPLICATION FILED JULY 27. 1911.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

HENRY S. BREWINGTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

FOLDING FAN.

Application filed July 27, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. BREWING TON a citizen of the United States, residing at Iialtimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Fans, of which the following is a specification;

This invention is in the nature of a convertible post card and fan and has for its object to provide such an article which may be transmitted by mail as a post card and be readily convertible into a fan when desired.

With this object in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement and combination of the parts of an improved article of the specified character, which will be hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation thereof may be readily comprehended, I have illustrated an approved embodiment of the invention in the accompanying drawing and will now proceed to fully describe the same, in connection with said drawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a front view of the convertible article, folded in the form of a double post card, ready for mailing,

Fig. 2, a view of the inside of the card,

unfolded and lying out flat, with the handle 4 bars remaining in the same positions as when folded,

Fig. 3, a view of the article with the handle bars adjusted in position to permit of the use of the article as a fan,

Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 3 with the handle pieces arranged in slightly difierent position from those of Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5, a view similar to Figs. 3 and at showing another modification in the positions of the handles.

Like reference characters denote the same parts in all of the figures.

Referring particularly to the drawing 1 and 2 indicate respectively the two halves of a sheet which is foldcble on the line 3, the part 1 forming the front or address half of a foldable post card resembling in form the usual well known return post card in common use, and containing the name Post-card, the usual lines for the name and address of the addressee, a space for the postage stamp, and space for a brief written message, if desired, as clearly shown in Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Serial No. 183,062.

1. The card may be for ordinary correspondence, the message to be written upon the rear face of the folded card, or on either or both of the inner faces, but it is preferably intended as a souvenir or picture postcard, or for advertising purposes, it being permissible to have the pictures, or the advertising matter upon any of the parts mentioned as suitable for receiving written messages.

\Vhen in its folded, mailable condition, as in Fig. 1, the handle pieces are inclosed between the folds l and 9., in the positions with respect to the folds as shown in Fig. 2 in which the folds are spread out, such handle pieces being indicated at 4? and 5, in Figs. 2 and 3, as pivoted at 6 and 7 to the folds, at approximately one third the distance from the fold line 3 to the outer edges, the pivots passing through the handle bars at some distance from their ends.

\Vhen the article is in its unfolded condition as seen in Fig. 2, it is only necessary to turn the handle pieces on their, pivots until the longer ends project beyond the edges of the unfolded sheet, close to each other, when they will form a handle so that the article becomes a fan.

If the projecting ends of the handle pieces are crossed upon each other, as shown in Fig. 3, they will tend to prevent the folds 1 and 2 from folding upon each other on the fold line 3.

In Fig. 4,, I have shown the handle bars as pivoted very close to their ends and very close to the fold line, so that, in their unfolded position to form the fan handle, they are not crossed and form a longer handle than that indicated in Fig. 3.

If desired, the handle bars may be pivoted to the card at unequal distances from the fold line 3, so that when folded, as in Fig. 1, the handle bars will not overlie each other but will pass each other and lie side by side in the folded condition, thus reducing the thickness of the folded card to the thickness of the two folds and one handle The handle bars may also be turned at right angles at their pivotal ends, as shown in Fig. 5, and the pivots passed through the angular ends 8, so that when opened out, they will contact with each other throughout their lengths.

The material of the cards may be about the nality and thickness or" the ordinary post-card which will be sufliciently stiff for all the purposes of a fan.

The pivots may be eyelets, or riveted pins, or of any other form to keep the bars in close contact with the sheet and at the same time to permit them to turn on the pivots but with sufficient friction to maintain them in the positions to which they maybe turned.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains that slight changes and variation may be made in the form and arrangement of the various parts as described, within the limits of the claims, without departing from the spirit nd scope of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A convertible post-card and fan comprising a sheet foldable on a central line to form front and rear folds, and a handle bar pivoted to each fold near the fold line, said bars being adapted to form a fan handle when the sheet is unfolded and the bars to form front and rear folds, a flat handle baron each fold, and pivots connectingeach handle bar with its fold in a manner to permit of the turning of the handle bars thereon the pivots being -o positioned that the handle bars may be crossed when turned to project beyond the edge of the sheet.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY S. BREVVINGTON. Witnesses HOWARD D. ADAMS, Emznnnrrr C. OSMOND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington; D. C. 

